Annotated bibliography on care in the context of HIV and AIDS

The provision of care for people living with HIV and AIDS is one aspect of Universal Access, which countries signed up to as part of the UN General Assembly. Yet, compared to treatment and prevention, the need for universal access to adequate care has received little attention. This annotated bibliography provides a summary of the academic body of work on care in hopes of encouraging further research. In reviewing the literature, various salient themes and issues emerged, including the huge burden that care places on individuals, families and communities, the gender, class and age nature of this caregiving, the relatively limited research exploring the social context in which care is undertaken, the limited academic research done on interventions to support caregivers, and finally, the limited research done on the changing nature of care in the context of anti-retroviral treatment. Summaries of key articles, issues and ideas are presented under each of the following headings: impact on caregivers; who does the caregiving; social context of care; interventions to support caregivers; and finally, care and ART.
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